The following units depend on the Government Delegation: • The
Deputy Directorate-General for Sensitization, Prevention and Knowledge of Gender Violence, to which corresponds the exercise of the functions of social awareness and the prevention of all forms of
violence against women. It also administers the gender violence data provided by the different administrations as well as manages the national registers of victims. flags, 2017. • The
Deputy Directorate General for Inter-Institutional Coordination in Gender Violence, to which corresponds the exercise of the functions of impulse of the application of the principle of transversality of the measures destined to fight against the different forms of violence against women, ensuring that, in its application, the specific needs and demands of the victims are taken into account. In this sense, this unit creates specific protocols to coordinate the different
Spanish public administrations.
National Network of Coordination and Violence on Women Units The Government Delegation manages the National Network of Coordination and Gender Violence Units, a set of units integrated in the
Government Delegations, Government Sub-delegations and Insular Directorates for the territorial execution of the central government's policy regarding
gender violence.
Units of Violence against Women These units are integrated in the Sub-delegations and Insular Directorates and, within the
province or
island in which they are located, are responsible for: • Monitoring and coordination of the resources and services of the
General State Administration for the attention of
gender violence situations in the territory. • Collaboration with the competent
regional and
local administrations in the field of gender violence. • Personalized monitoring of each situation of gender violence. • Actions in relation to fatalities due to gender violence. • Participation in information campaigns, awareness and prevention of gender violence. • Intervention within the framework of the Master Plan for the Improvement of Coexistence and School Safety. • Promotion and collaboration in the training and specialization of professionals. • Monitoring of the resources and services of the General State Administration for the attention of situations of
woman trafficking for the purpose of
sexual slavery, as well as collaboration with the regional and local administrations in this matter. • Monitoring of the resources and services of the General State Administration for the attention of other forms of
violence against women (
female genital mutilation,
forced marriages, etc.) • Any other action entrusted to it by the Government Delegation for Gender Violence.
Coordination Units against Violence against Women These units are integrated into the
Government Delegations of the regions with more-than-one provinces, and are responsible for: • To direct and coordinate the activities of the Units of Violence on Women existing in the territorial scope of its
Autonomous Community. • To have knowledge of the actions carried out by the Violence Units of its Autonomous Community for the performance of its functions. • To establish criteria for action in its Autonomous Community so that the Violence Units on Women function in a coordinated and uniform manner. Likewise, they may request reports from the Violence Units regarding actions, meetings, etc., whenever they deem it convenient. • To coordinate the work of the Violence Units in order to prepare the reports requested by the Government Delegation for Gender Violence. • To know the reports prepared by the Units of Violence on Women that are sent by them to the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, as well as to other Institutions and Organizations. • To integrate information on the activities carried out by the Violence against Women Units, in order to prepare the annual report of activities of the corresponding Autonomous Community. • . The banner says: "Enough is enough! No to gender violence", 2007.To convene the necessary coordination meetings with the Violence Units. In addition, the Coordination Units against Violence against Women perform the functions of the Violence Units in the provinces where this Unit does not exists.
Organizations attached • The State Observatory on Violence on Women. == Fatal victims ==